Final hello
from the crew of EH01!!!!
We are now
35nm from Rodney Bay and you can smell the ginger ale from the Dark and
Stormeys.... so this will be the last blog and it was great chatting with you
and receiving your telepathic best wishes and if you would like to contact Team
EH01 we will be in the nearest beach bar to our berth.!!
Last night
and this morning were tough, we had awful sea states and were on the end of
gusty winds and trucked along with the kite all night. Most of the crew only got
1-2 hours sleeps so there was some tired heads this morning and after some slow
manouveres we are heading towards our final waypoint.! Kudos to all our
great helms on both watches as they really pushed the distance over the last
couple of days
It looks
like the Jimbo or Starkers could be in to win the pool as our potential arrival
time rum Rodney Bay is Friday 9th around 8-9pm boat time.
Cass`s
Birthday (Thursday 8th)
We had
thought that we would be land loving by the time that Cass`s birthday rolled
around but unfortunately this was not to be.
Marketing
pooled their limited resources and a card was made out of cake boxes which was
signed by all on board. The big presentation was at the midnight watch change
where Andras gave the whole box of Ferrer Rocher to Cass who shared them round
to all the crew, Pricey also had ginger nuts which he shared at 4am to our watch
so was a big celebratory night all round.! Cass`s main Birthday present was one
of the crew doing his daily chore which was cleaning the heads, our generosity
knows no bounds..!
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Meet the sailors
Management
team
#1: Head
Honcho- (Skipper)- Andras Bakody.
Andras
hails from Budapest and has been sailing since he was a young nipper where he
honed his trade on the lakes in the countryside outside Budapest. He is a great
teacher and gives direction concisely in his clipped tones especially when the
crew member is on the helm and trying to avoid a near broach.!!
Andraas
said that he misses his family and friends and he really wishes he brought more
pretzels.. although the Marketing director knows he has a secret snack stash so
will recce the crew for a cabin search later and also for a soak in that famous
hot-tub.!
#2-
Operations director (First mate)- Rich Price, nickname Pricey, answers to
Rich
Rich is
from Bristol and learned to sail in the All Aboard sailing club in the Bristol
docks where he is now a senior instructor. He is also a skipper for the John
Lewis sailing club. Rich manages Pricey Pirates and ensure crew members are on
time for watch and has a great supply of biccies, chocolate and ginger nuts
which he shared with some of us waifs..! Rich says he really misses his family
and friends and wishes he had brought more T-shirts.. although there is enough
seemingly unwanted T-shirts and boxers on the fruits nets so he could pick up
some new ones..!! Rich is also great to have on board with his extensive
skillset of unblocking heads to the “Master of the Pit”,
#3-
Operations executive-(Second Mate)- James Harayda- nickname Jimbo, answers to
Jimbo, Jimbob, Jimmy
Jimbo
was born with a spinnaker sheet in his hand, he hails from the UK and
lives in Singapore and is working with Perfomance Yacht racing doing the race
trainership programme. He has done some
offshore
racing including the Middle Sea race which is fantastic for someone so
young.
Jimbo has a
hard job on his hands as he has to keep Paul, Cass and Peder in line.. Jimbo
loves his sleep and waking him up for watch is fun, a mutually agreed method of
shining white light in his face seems to be a winner. I also think James may
have been brought up with the circus as his acrobatics on the harness fetching
and retrieving lines is second to none..!
Production
shift 1- Jimbo`s Jollies
#4- Cass
Monks- Monkey, Monkmeister, Cassmeister etc
Cass is
from Leigh-on-sea and is an avid member of EYC where he sails dinghies. Cass`s
love for sailing runs in the blood as both his mum and dad are keen sailors and
his mum also did the Arc in the early 2000s, fair play Mrs. Monks..
Cass is a
great problem solver and sorted out our AIS system and also the nav system?
where we had problems with it one night. He also has teameup with Dougie and
Andras to make a great fish catching and slaugtering team. Cass loves his music
and eventhough we never got a chance to launch that part of the blog I can
definitely confirm that his taste is extreme and eclectic..! Cass said
that he misses his wife Jacqui and his 2 kids: Daniel and Alfie who are all
following him on the yellowbrick tracker.
#5- Paul
Bidwell
Paul is a
self proclaimed 45th generation Roman and hails from London and lives in
Hertfordshire. Paul mainly sails dinghies in his local sailing club and also
enjoys his annual outing with the guys for the Round the Island race. Paul
always greets you in the morning with a cheery “hello treacle” or “hello
darling”.
He is one
of the fastest spinnakers halyard hoisters that I have ever seen and is the best
cleaner of the heads on board.
#6- Peder
Vilemoes
Peder is
the only crew member to have crossed the Atlantic before, he did it a few years
back as a cruise with his son.
Peder is
our Danish crew member and has by far the best male chic on the boat, he looks
like he has shares in a Musto and a Gill store.
Peder
intoduced us to the Skipper pipes: liquorice pipes which are very popular in
Denmark which he very kindly shared with us on his Birthday.
He joins
the rest of the Jimbo Jollies with his eclectic music taste (Ozzy-Ozzy-Ozzy
–oi-oi-oi) and fits in very well to that team.!
Production
shift 2- Pricey`s Pirates
#7- Giles
Starkey- Starkey, Starkers, Gilles
Giles also
hails from Leigh-on-sea and is pals with Cass from the EYC. Giles is a very keen
sailor and mainly dinghy sails where he gets the family involved: rumour has it
he broke his wife Jane`s ribs last year as he did a crash tactic with Jane on
the trapeze. Giles is great on the bow and is calm in a crisis especially when
we are hitting squalls.! Giles said he misses his family: his wife Jane and 2
boys: Max and Sam and is sad to be missing Max`s debut in Grease, we could do
with some good singers on this boat! Giles also misses
the heat seeking attention of Mittons and Cocoa, his cats, although their furry
warmth is probably not necessary on this 30`C boat. Starkey wishes that he had
brought some more clothes pegs and also a lot more snacks eventhough the
weightloss has been great and he has had to insert yet another hole in his
belt.!
#8- Doug
Strebel- Dougie
Dougie is
our Texan sailor who brings a lot of positivity and TLAs (three letter acronyms
and great positive sayings to EH01..! He is engaged to Amazing Amy who is also
sailing the Arc on “Diamonds are Forever” who are @500miles behind us.
Dougie is a great sailor and an excellent helm in all weathers and brings a lot
of knowledge to the boat. He is very helpful at giving sailing advice and if you
are lucky you can get on “Dougies couch” for other advice at 3am midwatch! Doug is also a great
fisherman and is on our lovely fish-slaughter team.. Dougie has a mini-music
studio going on and we are never bored with his broad range of music.!
Don`t tell
Amazing Amy but Dougie is great in the kitchen from cerviche to bacon and fish
risotto to baking bread and cakes, she is going to be a lucky gal when they get
married...!!
#9- Ionut
Lupu- Helming Harry
Harry is
from Bucharest and is a really good helmsman, being calm and collected in all
weathers.
Harry is
also a fan of a wide range of music from Michael Buble to the Goo goo dolls. He
said that he really misses Ramona, his wife and his 2 children Edward and
Amelia....... Harry wishes that he had brought wet weather gear, sun-cream,
aftersun, vitamins and protein bars.!
#10-Storme
Delaney- Stormey, Stormer, Delooney
Storme is
from sunny Sandycove in Dublin and comes from a long sailing line on her
mother`s side as her great uncle Larry was one of the early commodores in the
National. She sails in the RIYC (best yacht club in DL) and likes a bit of blue
sky regatta-ing: Thailand, Antigua, Palma, anywhere to boost the reserves of
Vitamin D. Other than family, friends and Pixie the cat (thanks to the Bells,
Delooneys, Nicolette, Gill & Aoife for feeding her) what she really misses
is independence and while loving being e-dark is missing any external
communication as there is none a tall on the boat.! and not to mention Ferraris
& Ianellis, the Ringsend chippers.! Storme really wishes that she brought an
extra headtorch, salt friendly shower gel/shampoo (she has to barter for one),
clothes pegs and a truckload of snacks..!
it’s time
to say good bye now. it’s been great to keep you updated, we’ll call/text you
from the beach bar in a few hours.
Fair
Winds
The EH01
Team